a survey of malignant lymphoid tumors among iranians the frequency. histopathologic features, and clinical aspects of malignant lymphoid tumors. among iranians arc discussed on the basis of 68,000 consecutive biopsies and 1917 autopsies performed over a twenty.five years period in the department of pathology at teheran university. of the 5814 lymph nodes examined on biopsy, 1368 (23%) showed ma...

INTRODUCTION The present study aimed to assess the association between nutritional status and depressive symptoms among elderly Iranians and to explore their impact on their Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL). METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 447 elders aging from 55 to 85 years were randomly selected and completed the Iranian version of Geriatric Depression Scale-15 (GDS), Mini Nut...

BACKGROUND Suicide is a critical public health problem. In developing countries, the highest suicide rate is found in young adults with remarkable increasing rate. In this study, we have evaluated the epidemiology and characteristics of 8-16-year-old individuals who attempted suicideand were hospitalized in Loghman-Hakim Hospital, Tehran, Iran from 1997 to 2007. METHODS A total of 6414 hospit...

The aim of the study was a cross-cultural comparison of personality traits between individuals from two very different cultures and refugees who resettled several years before from one to the other. Four hundred forty four Swedish individuals of the normal population; and 100 Iranian refugees in Sweden, and a group of 335 individuals from Tehran, capital of Iran, were investigated by means of t...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study is to analyse Iranian scientific publications in the neuroscience subfields by librarians and neuroscientists, using Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) via Web of Science data over the period, 2002-2008. METHODS Data were retrieved from the SCIE. Data were collected from the 'subject area' of the database and classified by neuroscience experts into 14 s...

As a close ally of Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, Israel participated in the September 1974 Asian Games – ‘Asian Olympics’ that were held Tehran. Among 18 sports which athletes competed, football attracted most attention, especially after Iran’s historic victory over AFC Cup 1968. both countries reached final Games’ tournament, match came to be seen by Iranians as nothing short war. Standing stark...